TAKE SOMEONE ABACK

Meaning of TAKE SOMEONE ABACK in English

shock or surprise someone.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TAKE SOMEONE ABACK — SURPRISE, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle, take by surprise; dumbfound, nonplus, stop someone in their tracks; shake (up), jolt, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
ABACK — (taken aback) consternat, perplex, surprisat
English interlingue dictionary
ABACK — paingon sa likud;sa sinibog
English-Visayan vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ABACK — adverb Date: before 12th century backward , back , in a position to catch the wind upon the forward surface …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABACK — əˈbak adverb Etymology: Middle English abak, from Old English on bæc, from on on, at, towards + bæc back — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABACK — (n.) An abacus.
Английский словарь Webster
ABACK — (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Английский словарь Webster
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABACK — /euh bak"/ , adv. 1. toward the back. 2. Naut. so that the wind presses against the forward side of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ABACK — adverb Date: before 12th century 1. archaic : backward , back 2. : in a position to catch the wind …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
ABACK — adv behind; in the rear. 2. aback ·noun an abacus. 3. aback ·adv toward the back or rear; backward. 4. …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ABACK — [aback] adv (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: backward, back 2: in a position to catch the wind upon the forward surface …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ABACK — aback BrE AmE ə ˈbæk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABACK — / əˈbæk; NAmE / adverb • IDIOMS - be taken aback (by sb/sth) —see also take sb aback ➡ note …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ABACK — a ‧ back /əˈbæk/ BrE AmE adverb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old English ; Origin: on bæc 'backward' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ABACK — adv. 1 archaic backwards, behind. 2 Naut. (of a sail) pressed against the mast by a head wind. øtake aback …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ABACK — adv. 1 archaic backwards, behind. 2 Naut. (of a sail) pressed against the mast by a head wind. take aback …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
ABACK — adv.1 archaic backwards, behind. 2 Naut. (of a sail) pressed against the mast by a head wind. Phrases and idioms: …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABACK — If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABACK — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB take ▪ Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
ABACK — [adverb] - take someone aback to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know how to behave …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
ABACK — • ↑ be taken aback
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ABACK — adv. 25A0; take someone aback SURPRISE, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle, take by surprise; dumbfound, nonplus, stop someone in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABACK — нареч.; уст. назад; задом; сзади to stand aback from ≈ держаться на расстоянии; избегать taken aback ≈ ошеломленный, захваченный врасплох …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOMEONE — someone.ogg ʹsʌm|wʌn,-ʹsʌmwən indef pron кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо someone else - кто-то другой someone else's - чужой, не свой someone or …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ABACK — adv арх. , мор. назад to hold oneself /to stand/ aback from - держаться на расстоянии от; держаться в стороне …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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